Stories by J. Douglas Allen-Taylor

His special election may have been a bad idea, but what really did Schwarzenegger in was time; both too much of it, and too little.

Both 'racist' and 'racism' are terribly flawed terms; we ought to simply throw them out and start all over again with new ones.

Watching 'Ray,' white America sees a biopic of a legendary performer. Black America sees a film that speaks intimately to a cultural zeitgeist. What does it mean for 'Ray' to succeed – or fail – in the Oscar race?

In the full court press to place blame for the Pacers-Pistons brawl, Ron Artest is sacrificed. But who, really, is at fault?

If we're having no trouble bringing enough needed new troops into the military, why is the Pentagon forcing soldiers to stay past their contracted terms, leaving us with a battlefield potentially sprinkled with demoralized and disgruntled fighters?

Arnold Schwarzenegger – who campaigned as a movie action figure hero who would protect California taxpayers against corruption and greed – is conspicuously silent on the Enron scandals.

The beating death of Nathaniel Jones has widened the rift between police and the African-American community. Yet it could also be the beginning of a solution to some enormous national problems.